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Monday, May 30, 2011

Dare to Dream

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A colleague recently wrote about the state of technology in our school district, particularly the encouragement to BYOD (bring your own devi...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

why our district should lift the ban on tablets

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A teacher recently posed a question in a local tech forum, related to emerging tablet technology and our school district's ban on tablet...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

enhancing learning

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Our district's technology coordinator and the "senior learning team" (not sure what that is) recently announced a meeting abou...
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Friday, March 18, 2011

Collaborative models

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It appears from the March staff meeting minutes that we will not have a choice about collaborative models at our April staff meeting other t...
Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Mount Nyiragongo in Africa

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Looks like something one would find in Mordor... check out the amazing photo essays at http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/ . This photo came ...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

mistaking networks for communities

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A colleague of mine recently asked some questions about why certain topics that come up for staff discussion are relegated to "chat...
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

concerns with planning process

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Open letter on concerns with the School District 57 District Planning Process from which the District Plan for Student Success (DPSS) and ...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

2010 in review

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That was quite a year... I'd have to say the highlight was our summer travels. The cruise to Alaska with my parents & family and t...
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Premier Campbell's Vision for Education

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I've just read through the Premier's Technology Council (PTC) vision for education:  http://www.gov.bc.ca/premier/attachments/PTC_v...
Friday, November 19, 2010

trying to take the long view

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The average tenure of a teacher at most Prince George high schools looks something like a decade or more. Most teachers seek stability in t...
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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Peace and Remembrance and the White Poppy

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My daughter came home from school and asked "what does peace mean for you?" I think I told her "when you and your brother g...
Saturday, October 16, 2010

sense of relief

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Nice to have a change... for five years (2005-2010), besides teaching I've had the small extra job of P.O.S.R. at D.P. Todd (sounds aw...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Trudeau's Memoirs

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I just got around to reading this in the last couple of months... wow. I've got a lot more respect for someone who was already a hero t...
Friday, July 02, 2010

thoughts on assessment

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What kinds of values do I hope to encounter as I explore assessment? fair, balanced, and reasonable measurement balance of skills, knowledge...
Monday, June 14, 2010

why I quit my tech committee

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Sent to my school tech committee today... I have already supplied the committee with some suggested agenda items: listed Apr 29 for meet...